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What year was "Tokyo Drifter" released? | 1966 (April 10th 1966) |
Who directed "Tokyo Drifter"? | Seijun Suzuki |
Who produced and wrote the screenplay for this film? | Yasunori Kawauchi |
Who composed the score for this film? | Hajime Kaburagi |
Who coordinated the cinematography? | Shigeyoshi Mine |
What was the company that distributed this film? | Nikkatsu (Nikkatsu Cooperation) |
What was Nikkatsu known for distributing from 1960? | They were known for producing urban youth dramas such as, comedy, action and of cause, the yakuza genre with Tokyo Drifter and Branded to Kill. |
What features can be seen as evidence of viewing Seijun Suzuki an auteur? | . Exploration into the "yakuza genre" . Use of symbolic colours . Abandonment of continuity editing . Subverting genre expectations . Targeting of the youth market |
What other noteworthy films has Seijun Suzuki directed? | . Victory is Mine ("kayo eiga" or pop song film and also a B movie) (1956) . Underworld Beauty (Suzuki's first yakuzu film) (1958) . Youth of the Beast (considered a "breakthrough" by film scholars) (1963) |
Who is leading actor who portrays Tetsuya Hondo (AKA Phoenix Tetsu) | Tetsuya Watari |
Who portrays Chiharu (Tetsuya's former girlfriend whom he refuses at the end) | Chieko Matsubara |
Who portrays Kenji Aizawa (AKA Shooting Star)? | Hideaki Nitani |
Who portrays Kurata (Tetsu's former boss)? | Ryuji Kita |
Who portrays Otsuka? (AKA The rival crime boss in the red suit) | Eimei Esumi |
Who portrays Yoshii? (AKA Central figure in the property scam) | Michio Hino |
Who portrays Tatsuzo The Viper? | Tamio Kawaji |
What is the running time of this film? | 83 Minutes |
What is "Phoenix" Tetsu Hondo's primary motivation during the film? | He desires to live his own life in becoming a drifter by his own moral standards of Loyalty and Honour |
What is Kurata's (Tetsu's former boss) primary conflict and what is his fate? | Phoenix Tetsu holds absolute loyalty towards him however, Kurata is forced to make the decision to join with Otsuka (A rival crime boss) to kill Tetsu leading to a misunderstood betrayal from Tetsu and Kurata killing himself |
What is Tetsu Hondo's primary conflict throughout the film? | He gives up the life of a "yakuzu" gangster in order to become a "drifter" from the advice of Kurata (his former boss). However, he misunderstands Kurata's team-up of Otsuka (the main villain) as a betrayal leading to an eventual conflict between two former partners. |
How is this different from other Nikkatsu-produced films? | As Nikkatsu produced youth dramas in the field of comedy and action, Tokyo Drifter is merely an auteur-based film as it: . Avoids the continuity of time and space . Uses bright vibrant colour such as, red and purple This ultimately led to Suzuki's firing from Nikkatsu as this strayed to far away from what they planned. |
Who edited this film? | Shinya Inoue |
What key aspect in this film demonstrates the "kayo eiga" (pop song film which promotes a pop star) genre? | Tetsuya Watari's Tokyo Drifter Theme Song (AKA, Tokyo Nagaremono) |
What key lyrics convey the film's themes? | ."I threw away love, for honour" ."A man's life scattered in red" ."Embarking on a journey that flows without end" |
How does this compare with Italian Neo-realism? | Unlike When A Woman Ascends the Stairs, this film does not share any traits of this movement as this film implements artificial cinematography and has a "style-over-substance" focus to the narrative. |
How does this link towards the French New Wave Movement? | Tokyo Drifter also implements a radical style of filmmaking with its ignoring of "continuity of time and space" and its use of vibrant colours. |
What are the key themes of this film? | . Loyalty . Honour . Betrayal |
What was the budget for this film? | $20 Million (roughly 2,180,000,000.000 yen) |
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